Hameringham Explained

Static Image Name:All Saints, Hameringham - geograph.org.uk - 459192.jpg
Static Image Caption:All Saints' Church, Hameringham
Country:England
Official Name:Hameringham
Coordinates:53.1861°N -0.0402°W
Shire District:East Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle
Post Town:Horncastle
Postcode District:LN9
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF310672
London Distance Mi:115
London Direction:S

Hameringham is an extended village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 4miles south-east from the town of Horncastle, and consists of High Hameringham and Low Hammeringham. It is in the civil parish of Lusby with Winceby.

The parish church is dedicated to All Saints, and is a Grade II listed building dating from the year 1200, although heavily restored in 1893 by Hodgson Fowler after the nave collapsed. It is made from greenstone, brick, limestone and red sandstone.

Hameringham belongs to the Fen and Hill Group of Parishes which also includes:[1]

The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed late 18th-century mud and stud thatched cottage.

Dunsthorpe is a deserted medieval village which was located near the present Hameringham Grange. The church was in ruins by 1421 and in 1437-08 the parishes were united to become Hameringham. Bones have been found here.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hameringham. Fen and Hill Group of Parishes. Our Church Web. 4 July 2011.